Feature Request: VOD content seperation from m3u playlist link/file

[requa3r0]

Hi Luke and the emby team.

IPTV and VOD is getting more and more popular.
There are many different apps that handle IPTV but they are all horrible, so I have looked into how to handle the VOD data propperly in Emby.

If emby could display IPTV VOD properly through the library it would rock the IPTV world ;O)

I have been given the source code for the VOD STRM converter from m3u playlists from this site by Ernst Reidinga.
The owner of iptv-tools have been so kind to give me the php script that runs behind the following service.

https://erdesigns.eu/app/tools/m3u-to-strm (currently down)

https://github.com/erdesigns-eu/M3U2STRM

Thank you Ernst Reidinga - ERDesigns !!

To make sure the m3u link converts properly, I have made a script that prepares it a bit for a perfect conversion.
Please see my private repo.
You have been invited.

https://github.com/requa3r0/Android-EMBY-KODI-IPTV
Just pay attention to the 2 files under IPTV
MakeIPTV.sh and Ernest fantastic code m3u2strm.php

The rest is mostly android related, how to "install a linux server" in termux that runs xTeVe and the VOD script, and setup a media center ;O)

I believe this would be a grate extension to EMBY or perhaps a VOD-STRM plugin.

The idea would be to enter the m3u link, and a location for the extraction of the VOD folders and files.
Then you can add the various folders to the media library afterwards, or have emby or the plugin automatically add the VOD movies / tv-shows categories to the library with a VOD tag, to later distinguish the content difference from local media files.
(If you already have the file locally in a much higher bit-rate etc, it makes sense to watch this rather than the VOD version)

Since the VOD content is constantly changing, emby should resync the VOD files and update the library automagically, with persistence of library meta data and locally downloaded subtitles, that should only be purged, if the VOD content is removed.
(Mostly the VOD content only grows, but content could theoretically it could also be removed)

You can easy get a trail for the https://rapidtvswiss.com/ IPTV service, which seems to be the best one on the marked.

I can also make a dummy file for you to test with.
Please let me know if you are interested, and if I can help somehow.

Reguaero

[LukePulverenti]

HI, can't we already do this if you use an external tool to create strm files?

[softworkz]

If emby could display IPTV VOD properly through the library it would rock the IPTV world ;O)

, or have emby or the plugin automatically add the VOD movies / tv-shows categories to the library with a VOD

Since the VOD content is constantly changing, emby should resync the VOD files and update the library automagically

Appears like a Deja-Vue to me...

[requa3r0]

HI, can't we already do this if you use an external tool to create strm files?

Hi Luke.
I was hoping that the strm tool, available on my repo, could be added into the EMBY sorcecode as a feature under live TV, or perhaps as an add-on, that could extract, build and update the VOD files and folders, on which a VOD library could be build.
You have been invited, take a look if you like.

[requa3r0]

@LukePulverenti

The owner of iptv-tools have been so kind to give me access to the php script a while back, but its actually also on GITHUB now.

It does run better after the M3U file has been hauled through my crude bash script that fixes a lot of conmen mistakes in the M3U. I Guess they are mostly IPTV service related, but if the mistakes are not present, the fix wont be applied.

If an M3U-STRM add-on would be made, I stongly suggest a keyword list option to remove various strings in the links like < [MULTI-SUBTILES] > and various misspellings of this etc. They interfere with the library indexing afterwards.

Here is the link to the github code.
https://github.com/erdesigns-eu/M3U2STRM

Thank you Ernst Reidinga - ERDesigns - U ROCK!!